Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

…Invisible with some brilliant beggar stories… Buried Standing Up: lots of good emails for this… Cane Flask: Bruce T. apparently they are still being produced… Gaston Ouvrieu and Blindfold Driving:…

…and KHM on leadership, Bruce T on Genghis’s plans for Europe… Anglo-Saxon Church Eaves: Invisible on Foundational Sacrifices… Balloon Bridge Across the English Channel: Giorgio with the picture of the…

…mystics. Other thoughts: drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com Ps Sorry this was accidentally released early (for about two hours) a few months ago. Invisible writes: Here are some links to…

…PS – Quadrantes almost never carried the portrait of the Emperor – perhaps due to their lowly status?’ Then up comes Invisible: ‘Here is a reference to the earlier rhino…

…Disclosure — although it’s been centuries my earliest American ancestors were Quakers.’ Thanks Nathaniel! 31 March 2013: Invisible adds to the list: Your post on the Quakers going on a…

…rabbit monster from Lancashire, a naked dancing thief and, the post that has followed me into dreams, love-suicide pacts. Thanks, as always, to the multiple linkers: Amanda, Invisible, Chris S,…

…work: though in truth today I managed somehow to sleep in till six. Thanks, as always, to the multiple linkers: Amanda, Invisible, Chris S, Joan, Ricardo, Wade and others. I’ve…

…blanket formed to look like a figure, sitting by the fire’; invisible mouse under covers; invisible animal in a linen bag; marks of a claw in ashes; a cone shaped…

…17 August 2014: Invisible writes in with the most extraordinary confession. Apparently she once stepped out with a young man of selkie descent. As Invisible wisely notes: ‘I didn’t take…

…always on the look out for unusual books: drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com This one shocked but did not disappoint him. *** 9 June 2012: Invisible writes More on the…

…few links that might be of interest: cowflipper, fortean-times, pauldevereux, indigogroup, earthlights, inamidst and jimolight. Invisible writes: I sat here, mouth agape, at the Kobolds of Derbyshire. This tale has…

…Wavetree Park. These events demonstrate the difficulty the researches sometimes has of easily distinguishing between reports of fairies, aliens and other non-human beings…‘ Invisible coincidentally points to the report ‘Janet…

…drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com *** Invisible writes in approvingly: ‘This post was one of your best – history, mystery, and suspense with a surprise ending. However, I don’t think…

…other towns in NH were Yankee towns, not Irish.’ It sounds credible. Then Invisible whose been doing her sums. ‘Well, problem #1 for the New Hampshire fairy story is that…

…no further details, and apparently neither will Google.’ Any ideas? Thanks KMH! 27 Aug 2011: Invisible writes in answer to KMH: ‘On the tradition of planting a tree for a…